A lawyer for Adam Melanson, charged with assaulting an officer, said he plans to fight the charges as video appears to show officer kneeling on client’s neck.

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    6 months ago

    Even if kneeling on someone’s head against pavement/concrete isn’t lethal, I think it so clearly beyond any necessary amount of force (especially against unarmed people)-it’s clearly excessive and perhaps intended to intimidate, and it is dehumanizing